Media Questions Of The Week
2024-10-05
Will John Boyega nail his role as Otis Redding in Channing Godfrey People’s Otis & Zelma? Continue Reading
Otis Redding Multi-Colored Vinyl Box Set On The Way
2023-05-18
Otis Redding’s posthumous albums are coming out as a multi-colored vinyl box set. Otis Forever: The Albums & Singles (1968-1970) compiles six albums and 24 singles. The ’60s’ soul star had a blazing moment during the decade with “These Arms Of Mine” and “Try A Little Tenderness” inContinue Reading
Throwback: Otis Redding-Try A Little Tenderness
2022-09-18
Otis Redding was the tenth artist to record “Try A Little Tenderness” when he included it on his 1966 fifth album. The publishers of the song did not want Redding to record a “negro version” but Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke had already covered it in 1962 and 1964. PercyContinue Reading
Throwback: Otis Redding-(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay
2018-09-16
[youtube id=”rTVjnBo96Ug”]Otis Redding and Steve Cropper wrote, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” in reference to Redding’s experience of living on a houseboat in 1967 not long after his famed Monterrey Pop Festival performance. Redding sang about leaving his home in Georgia to perform in San Francisco. He noted the ships he saw coming and going as well as the seagulls in theContinue Reading